[1] The temple is located at 43-11 Ithaca Street, in Elmhurst, Queens, New York City.

The most distinctive and unique feature of the JCA Temple is the manner in which it has managed to unite different sectarian gtraditions of the Jain faith under one roof, with each tradition having its own worshipping space, to preserve their unique tradition and identity and at the same time foster greater harmony and unity among all its members.

[2] The plans for a Jain temple, the very first in the western hemisphere, were announced in 1973 by Prof. Narendra Sethi, a professor of Management at St. John's University, then the president of the Jain Center of New York, at a Diwali celebration, where Gurudev Chitrabhanu was the main speaker.

[5] The first western Jain sadhvi (nun) Nisha Kapashi, used to attend the lectures here.

[6] Once fond of fashionable clothes and shoes, now she wears white and walks barefoot.